Allison Russell on Finding Joy ‘In the Hour of Chaos,’ a Duets-Filled Third Album That’s a Jubilee Unto Itself

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic

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She’s a rainbow… and with a slew of carefully chosen guest artists on her new album, she might also count as a rainbow farmer. The acclaimed singer-songwriter Allison Russell is back with her third solo album, “In the Hour of Chaos,” featuring her Rainbow Coalition band and leading off with a song titled “Rainbows,” reflecting her light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-and-storms worldview. She’s far from the sole source of multiple colors on the new record, though. Russell had never had a featured guest star on one of her efforts until she did a duet with friend Annie Lennox as a one-off. For the new album, she is offsetting the chaos of the world by reinforcing her belief in community, to the extent that there is a featured artist on all but one of the 11 tracks, with guests ranging from Norah Jones to Brittney Spencer to Kashus Culpepper.

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